Powder-can.



No. 757,231. PATENTED APR.'12, 1904;

E. s. SAVAGE.

'POWDER CAN.

APPLICATION rum) MAY 27, 1903. no menu.

UNITED STATES Iatented. April 1Q, 1904 PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD S: SAVAGE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

POWDER-CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 757,231, dated A ril 12, 1904, Application filed. may 27, 1903- Serial No. 158,918. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD S. SAVAGE, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Powder-Cans, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to cans for holding powder, and has for its objects the control of the powder-supply, its application to a puif, and also the housing within the can of a puff or the like.

To these and other ends the invention consists of features of construction, arrangements of parts, and combinations of devices hereinafter described, and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Embodiments of the invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in which- Figures 1 and 2 are sectional side views.

In the drawings, the reference adesignates a can-body of any suitable or desired crosssection or shape, 5 a diaphragm placed well within the can-body and held in place by the friction of its flange 0 with the body a, and d a cover for the can. The diaphragm b has a cover-plate secured thereto in such manner that it may rotate in contact with the diaphragm, and the two-the diaphragm and its cover-plateare perforated at f g in such wise that the perforations may be made to register with each other or not, according to the relative positions of the parts I) 0, whereby the amount of powder that sifts through the diaphfiagm may be regulated and even cut off at W1 A puif k may be placed loose within the can, as shown in Fig. 2; but it is preferred that the puff be secured to the can-cover d. The puif may be secured to the can-cover in any desired or suitable way without departing from my invention; but I prefer to secure the putt to said cover in the manner shown in the drawings and now to be described, which is by providing the cover d with ahead or groove rlat the line where its flange is joined to the body or web and by securing the puff h to a metal plate is, which has legs Z bent to enter or engage with the bead or groove 2', as shown. The puff it may be secured to the plate in any suitable way, as by roughening the plate in the manner common with metal matchstrikers or by punching numerous small holes in the plate and attaching the back m of the puff to the plate by glue or other adhesive. The adhesive may pass through the holes in the plate Z0 or into holes therein and harden. By preference the plate 70 is in a plane slightly outside of the plane of the edge of the flange of the cover d.

What is claimed as new is 1. A powder-can comprising a body provided with a perforated diaphragm within and dividing the same into two compartments and a perforated cover rotatably attached to said diaphragm to open and close the passages therethrough, combined with a cover for the can and a powder-puif attached to said cover and contained in one compartment of the can when the cover is on, substantially as described.

2. In a powder-can, the combination ofthe can-body with a perforated diaphragm within the same, a movable perforated cover for the diaphragm rotatably attached thereto, a cover for the can, and a puff attached to said cancover and inclosed by the can when the cover therefor is placed thereon.

3. In a powder-can, the combination with the cover for the can, of a plate, a powder-puff connected with the plate, and legs or arms on said plate engaging with the cover between the web and flange parts thereof.

4. In a powder-can, the combination with the cover for the can provided with ahead or groove, of a plate having apowder-puff fixed thereto, and legs or arms extending from said plate and engaging with said bead or groove.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 25th day of May, A. D. 1903.

EDWARD S. SAVAGE.

Witnesses:

FRANK RYALL, R. W. BARKLEY. 

